Some Milwaukee Common Council members are hoping to permanently remove a question about criminal convictions from city job applications. Similar efforts across the country are part of a campaign called Ban the Box.

A Washington Post investigative reporter has unearthed a series of irregularities at the Donald J. Trump Foundation, from illegal political contributions in Florida to indications Trump might be using foundation money for personal debts, legal settlements and to purchase personal items.

With high levels of distaste for both major party presidential candidates, many U.S. voters are considering sitting out this year's election. But, behavioral scientist Supriya Syal said even in the past nine presidential contests, U.S. voter turnout has hovered around only 50 percent.

The news that gay activist and San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk was shot and killed in 1978 inspired Madisonian Dick Wagner to enter the world of politics and join the ranks as one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States.

A new pilot program called the Madison Addiction Recovery Initiative would put low-level drug offenders into a system that would provide immediate treatment instead of jail time. Madison Chief of Police Mike Koval gives us the details about the program and the grant that is funding it.

The Wisconsin Department of Administration has made $2.35 million available for low- to moderate-income households through community development block grants in northern Wisconsin after flooding caused widespread damage in July.

Over the weekend, there was more news about Republican nominee Donald Trump's federal incomes tax returns and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton received an endorsement from a swing state celebrity - LeBron James. Our guest gives us the details.

Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties — better known as the WOW counties — in Wisconsin are essential conservative enclaves for Republicans in national elections. But the polls there don't look good for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's chief political reporter.

On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union kicked off the Space Age with the launch of the world's first satellite, Sputnik. A little more than five years later, on Sept. 6, 1962, a chunk of Sputnik IV crashed in Manitowoc.

Congress has invested around $2 billion in projects to clean up the Great Lakes through the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in the last six years, but the program's future under a new White House administration remains murky.

A new study found a drop in the number of 911 calls from predominantly African American neighborhoods in Milwaukee after the police beating of Frank Jude Jr. 12 years ago. Our guest tells us more about the study and what it means during a period of high tensions between police and communities.